纪录片《文明》 第53期 自视如何（14）

His mummy is a wonderful amalgam¹

他的木乃伊完美融合了

of the traditions of Egypt, of Greece and of Rome.

埃及 希腊 罗马三国的传统

On the casing, you can see typically Egyptian scenes -

在外壳上 你能看到典型埃及风情的场景

there's a mummy being laid out on a couch,

一只木乃伊被摆在长榻上

and those strange animal-headed Egyptian gods.

还有那些怪异的有着动物头形的埃及神明

His name is Greek.

他的名字是希腊语

"Artemidorus, farewell," it says.

写着 "阿特米多鲁斯 再会"

His face is a quintessentially Roman portrait.

他的脸是很典型的罗马肖像

Of course, other cultures before had represented the human face,

当然 之前其他文明也曾描绘过人类的面部

but it was the Romans who made this kind of individual likeness²

但罗马人让这种个人肖像

very much their own.

具备了他们自己的风格

Modelled with light and shade,

利用光影变换描绘出的面庞

flesh layered in paint and wax,

在作画和上蜡时表现出来的皮肤层次感

and a clever catch light in the eyes,

以及眼睛里恰到好处的光芒

these were the means by which Roman painters

这些都是罗马画家们

captured the infinite variety that we see in the human face.

捕捉我们面部特征多样性的方式

1 amalgam   

n.混合物；汞合金

参考例句：

• To counter this myth,we explained that we're really an amalgam of little guys.为了打破这个神话，我们解释说，我们确实是由一群小小的老百姓所组成的混合体。
• American literature is to our eyes a curious amalgam of familiar and strange.我们认为，美国文学把我们所熟悉的和陌生的东西奇妙地结合起来了。

2 likeness   

n.相像，相似（之处）

参考例句：

• I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
• She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。